2012 Elections

Budget Battles

  • The Great Debate

    Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections

    By Robert Speel, The Conversation

    Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...

  • House panel says IRS official waived rights, contempt possible

    Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury

    By Rob Garver

    Concluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...

  • GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups

    By Eric Pianin

    There have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...

  • Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...

  • Joint Session of Congress

    Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers

    By Eric Pianin

    In another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...

  • Attacks on Gingrich Boost Ron Paul's Chances

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    The race for the Republican presidential nomination has been extraordinary thus far, with each candidate getting his or her 15-minutes of fame and then falling by the wayside as the ensuing attention...

  • GOP Frontrunners Brace for Perry’s Last Stand

    By Edward Morrissey

    Thanks to a Republican Party-prompted consolidation of debate events and the exit of Donald Trump from the primary scene (again), the last significant debate among the GOP presidential candidates...

  • Experts Grade Obama ‘C-Minus’ on the Economy

    By Eric Pianin

    President Obama says don’t judge his economic performance “against the Almighty, judge me against the alternative.” But until the Republicans settle on a nominee to challenge the president in 2012, a...

  • Candidates Disappoint GOP Voters

    By CHARLES BABINGTON and NANCY BENAC

    Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way,...

  • Romney: Gingrich Should Return Freddie Mac Money

    By Kasie Hunt And Philip Elliott Associated Press

    Mitt Romney on Monday aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich and called on him to return the estimated $1.6 million he received for providing strategic advice to Freddie Mac, the quasi-...